Representatives from Karolinska Institutet, the Knowledge to Policy Center and the McMaster Health Forum discuss the importance of citizen engagement in policy-making…
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Editorial Citizens’ voices for better health and social policiesRead more
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Call for Papers PLOS Medicine Special Issue: Refugee and Migrant HealthRead more
Update: The submission deadline has been extended. The new submission deadline is October 11. The editors of PLOS Medicine together with Guest Editors…
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General Join the #MovementForMovementRead more
Note: This blog has been updated and was originally published on November 2018 on PLOS’ Global Health Blog. Ann B. Gates of…
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General The next World Bank president: Can Malpass beat expectations?Read more
PLOS Medicine Specialty Consulting Editor Lorenz von Seidlein wonders if the controversial new World Bank president can provide effective leadership of the international agency…
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General Progress in Peril: Stagnant Funding Could Lengthen the TB Elimination TimelineRead more
On World TB Day, Dr. Jay Achar (@dr_jay_a) of Médecins Sans Frontières (@MSFSci) explains how, despite encouraging innovation in the fight to…
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General ‘I didn’t plan to be an activist’ : perspectives on tuberculosis care from six survivorsRead more
Six survivors from diverse backgrounds describe how tuberculosis wreaked havoc on their lives and drove them to advocate at a local and…
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General Changing of the Guard: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases bids farewell to Professor Judd Walson and welcomes Dr. Shaden KamhawiRead more
Serap Aksoy announces that Judd Walson will be stepping down as co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS NTDs and Shaden Kamhawi will be taking his…
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MSF Overcoming inaction and increasing access to safe abortion care: MSF experienceRead more
On International Womens Day, Claire Fotheringham, Manisha Kumar, and Catrin Schulte-Hillen of Médecins Sans Frontières discuss recent efforts to improve access to…
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Call for Papers PLOS Pathogens Invites Antifungal Immunity ResearchRead more
PLOS Pathogens invites research on fungal pathogenesis and its interactions with immunity for inclusion in a new collection. Submit your research now. We’ve extended the submission…
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Call for Papers PLOS Medicine Special Issue: Maternal and Child Health & NutritionRead more
The editors of PLOS Medicine, together with guest editors Lars Åke Persson, Kathleen M. Rasmussen and Huixia Yang, announce a forthcoming Special…
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Editorial Better medicine through machine learning: What’s real, and what’s artificial?Read more
Note: This Editorial is appearing in Speaking of Medicine ahead of print. The final version will appear in PLOS Medicine at the…
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Conference news Report from the 2018 APHA Meeting, Part 2: Approaches to Reducing Gun ViolenceRead more
In part two of a two-part series from the 2018 meeting of the American Public Health Association, PLOS Medicine Chief Editor Larry Peiperl reports from…